Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-18
EDITORIAL.
Plain Truths.

salo mat should he refuse to speak the
very stones would cry out. That is the
way 1t has seemed to US when time az
Ter time wehave witnessed The robbery
mat spracticed on the poor in our
county and by those who call them.
serves respectable. With our sympa-
thles strongly with every honest man
VINO is struggling to make home on
these prairies and earn an honest liy-
ing tor himself and family by constant
and unremitting labor, knowing by
personal experience the tolls and pri-
vatlons Of settler on public lands, and
with disposition to be helpful to
those that need assistance, we shall an
deavor to speak plainly.
With lawyers, as class, we have no
quarrel; with money-loaners, as a class,
we have no trouble. We have good
personal friends in both classes and
they are useful in the community. We
could not we'll do without them.
Against no honest man in any trade or
business does this paper raise it's voice,
but it is at etertial war with frauds and
scoundrels. Speaking of a class of men
known as shyster lawyers; Brick Pom
eroy once said that the country would
be much better off if they were all in
hell, and we have never seen the asser-
ton disputed. In this country the shys-
ter lawyer finds rich field in oppress-
ing the poor. Some poor man borrows
little money, gives chattel security
and agrees to pay on certain day. He
can not get threshing machine at the
time promised, does not get his grain
marketed and the money raised-the
Shyster lawyer, a man soulless and
bloodless, devoid Of every feeling of
humanity, and with greed absolutely
devilish, forecloses the mortgage to
make an attorneys fee. The stock IS
seized and sold for a trihe and the poor
man and his family are left destitute
at the beginning of long and cold
winter. In very many cases that have
occurred in our own cottnty, the debt
was secure and could have been paid
had little time been given, BUT for an
attorneys fee there are men so desti-
tute ofhuman feelings that they would
gleefully ruin any man and laugh at
the distress of helpless women and
children. This is, is. not written for eff
feet. but is the plain, unyarnished truth.
No man who owes dollar is safe from
The scoundrelism of this class.
Respectable lawyers and respectable
money-loaners in this county are in
jured by this very class. We have
good nkers-zhonorable men-good
lawyers also-w;th whom we person.
ally do business and who are helpful to
this community, but frequently people
do not distinguish until they are ruin
ed. ::
/: We call no names; the past cannot
be helped; but we do say that whole
sale swindling has got to come to- a
halt in this county. We are in dead
earnest about this matter and mean OK
actly what we -Woonsocket News.
Crow Lake cast thirty-three votes
with majority of nine against the
sale.
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Dayii: Moulton of Crow Lake expects
to go to work for Il Chicago publishing
house on the road.-White Lake Times.
John Grant, independent candidate
for commissioner in the Second district,
was elected over Judge Converse, the
regular nominee, by majority of about
25. Mr.. Grant is young man and we
hope will make thorough; business
commissioner. The Question which
now arises is, does the defeating Of the
conventions nominee rescind the ac-
ton of the convention calling for an
investigation ?-terauld County Mes
senger.
The editor oR the Alpena Journal
makes a mistake in stating that the